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>> i'm not sure how you judge that, charlie. i think it's up to the candidates to make it a good or bad debate and i think romney did a pretty good job and obama did a very poor job. show i guess that makes it a wash. i'm not sure about mike murphy's point about it being a reset though i suspect he's right. but i would pick up on josh tyrangiel's point about the kerry analogy. absolutely right, i think it's a striking analogy but guess what, john kerry lost by the same amount he was trailing before that debate. so that gets to the question whether debates really have, whether they really matter that much. and i went back and looked at every debate and every poll before and after since 1960, and the only candidate who gained substantially from debates, jerry ford who blew the biggest debate night of his career. so i'm skeptical, particularly with a rather small group of persuadeables, even though mike murphy may be right i'm skeptical this is really going to change the playing field a lot. >> rose: mike murphy, how would you conv
>> i'm not sure how you judge that, charlie. i think it's up to the candidates to make it a good or bad debate and i think romney did a pretty good job and obama did a very poor job. show i guess that makes it a wash. i'm not sure about mike murphy's point about it being a reset though i suspect he's right. but i would pick up on josh tyrangiel's point about the kerry analogy. absolutely right, i think it's a striking analogy but guess what, john kerry lost by the same amount he was...
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lot of things going on in my life and the last thing i want to be thinking about is my dentures. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! >> pelley: both presidential campaigns are courting hispanic voters and we're likely to hear about it tonight in the debate. so we asked anna werner to break down the two candidates' policies on immigration. >> reporter: the denver landscaping company where steve steele heads up operations employs 120 full-time u.s. workers. but steele says it's the part-time seasonal mexican labor force that keeps the engines humming. what would happen if you couldn't get those mexican workers? >> worst case? we'd go out of business. best case? we'd probably shrink by half to two-thirds. >> reporter: a federal guest worker program allows him to bring in some 85 seasonal workers to take jobs paying $9.20 an hour
lot of things going on in my life and the last thing i want to be thinking about is my dentures. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! >> pelley: both presidential campaigns are courting hispanic voters and we're likely to...
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to ben stein, gerri willis and ben stein and charlie gasperino. >> people have to figure 0 this out. 90% of american households here are going to find some kind of new tax and that means 500 billion dollars is going to be raised. 120 million households are going to be impacted not just the expiration of the bush tax cuts, there are now obamacare taxes going into place and it's going to kill investments and taxes on dividends go up 20%, long-term capital gains taxes go up 7%, i'm telling you if ne don't work on this, the whole economy is going to come skidding to a halt. >> and ben, the irony of course the debates focused on the economy and this seems like question he number one. >> i'm floored, charles, i'm glad you brought it up. the sequester is probably as bad an idea as ever come out of congress and the white house. the idea to me in particular, of cutting the defense budget, 5% of the budget, equally, roughly 5% of gdp, very, very roughly, more like 4%. >> right. >> ehe quali with domestic spending is just insanity, it's suicide. if mr. osama bin laden were still alive, he would
to ben stein, gerri willis and ben stein and charlie gasperino. >> people have to figure 0 this out. 90% of american households here are going to find some kind of new tax and that means 500 billion dollars is going to be raised. 120 million households are going to be impacted not just the expiration of the bush tax cuts, there are now obamacare taxes going into place and it's going to kill investments and taxes on dividends go up 20%, long-term capital gains taxes go up 7%, i'm telling...
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. >> charlie, what does that mean? can you give me more specifics? we were looking at your money, $96.7 million raised through august 3 st. your second best day ever, how much would that be, ballpark? >> i'm not going to go into exact numbers and give a competitive advantage over to bill. i do think an important point we heard earlier is your previous guest talked about restore our future going dark for a few weeks. >> yes. >> our strategy was in the month of august to respond to the obama team's attacks. in the month of august, president obama's campaign itself spent almost $200 million running attack ads against mitt romney. and we saw our role at restore our future to spend as much money as possible in the month of august when the romney campaign was -- had shortage of primary election money. and wasn't able to spend a lot of the money they had. so we spent money responding to the obama attacks in the months of august. >> and then decided not to spend in september is what you're saying? >> and now we're moving into our general election strategy an
. >> charlie, what does that mean? can you give me more specifics? we were looking at your money, $96.7 million raised through august 3 st. your second best day ever, how much would that be, ballpark? >> i'm not going to go into exact numbers and give a competitive advantage over to bill. i do think an important point we heard earlier is your previous guest talked about restore our future going dark for a few weeks. >> yes. >> our strategy was in the month of august to...
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neil: the air is thin in denver, charlie. it's very thin, and, you know, mitt romney's from, you know, the utah area. the whole area -- it's not an excuse, but it wears you down, and the president's been going all over. i don't think he -- he underplayed, mailed it in. i don't think in the second one he's going to do it. >> people who know the president tell you, democrats tell you, he's not a guy for details. neil: right. and that he's lazy. >> i'm not going that far. he's not a guy for details. neil: problem saying strident, but lazy's not okay or not? i think he's lazy. >> do you really? neil: i do. i think he's very smart. i do. i think he just thought i have a lead, i'm going to sit on it. i know this stuff. it's romney, it's kind of flapping around in the wind. he underplayed it. >> intellectually lazy, maybe. >> no, just lazy. >> he did not have command of stuff last night. i was blown away by it. he's been in office for four years, you should know more. neil: you're a tough judge. >> what did you think? neil: that's w
neil: the air is thin in denver, charlie. it's very thin, and, you know, mitt romney's from, you know, the utah area. the whole area -- it's not an excuse, but it wears you down, and the president's been going all over. i don't think he -- he underplayed, mailed it in. i don't think in the second one he's going to do it. >> people who know the president tell you, democrats tell you, he's not a guy for details. neil: right. and that he's lazy. >> i'm not going that far. he's not a...
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i love it. >> reporter: as many long time washingtonians can tell you, charlie was the public address announcer at griffiths stadium from 1956 to 1971 during which time the senators lost, a lot more than they won which is why the nationals' winning wave has been a real thrill for charlie. >> it's bringing the city closer together. it's really exciting! >> reporter: though he's not officially associated with the nationals, charlie likes to consider himself the team's unofficial ambassador. >> i always wanted to be an ambassador. >> reporter: he's friendly with the team's owners and goes to about 20 games a year. in fact, he's planning on being at the game tonight against the phillies when the nats hope to clinch the division. >> everybody loves to associate, be associated with a winner. >> reporter: what's more, charlie has been asked to be the honorary public address announcer for the team's first playoff game. >> let's play ball. >> reporter: when asked if he ever thought a washington squad would be the best team in baseball, charlie answered with his typical honesty and enthusiasm.
i love it. >> reporter: as many long time washingtonians can tell you, charlie was the public address announcer at griffiths stadium from 1956 to 1971 during which time the senators lost, a lot more than they won which is why the nationals' winning wave has been a real thrill for charlie. >> it's bringing the city closer together. it's really exciting! >> reporter: though he's not officially associated with the nationals, charlie likes to consider himself the team's unofficial...
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funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin this evening with politics, governor romney was the clear winner last night in the first of the three presidential debates, his performance revived a campaign dogged by weakening poll numbers a candidate emerged that republicans hoped for, friends often describe but the electorate had yet to encounter. >> that was survey done of small businesses across the country, said what has been the effect of obama care on your hiring plans and three quarters of them said it makes us less likely to hire people. i just don't know how the president could come into office, facing 23 million people out of work, rising unemployment and economic crisis at the kitchen table and spend his energy and passion for two years fighting for obama care instead of fighting for jobs for the american people. >> i have my own plans, not the same as simpson-bowles but in m
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i watched "charlie rose" at 1:00, 2:00 in the morning. the second major concern i had was when romney said -- i am going to say "governor romney," in that we should respect president obama and governor romney, their positions -- his statement that we will keep our military strong. we have an excess of military contractors. we have massive abuse of military machine that could use a thinning out, and a little bit more accountability. i think if we curtailed some of that and put that towards education and infrastructure -- governor romney says we are going to build a 12 million jobs. what are you going to do? are they just going to come about? >> are you voting for governor romney? >> no, i am not. i'm voting for president obama again. >> charlottesville. go ahead with your comments. >> yes -- >> charlottesville, make sure you mute your television and then go ahead with your comments by otherwise there is a feedback. charlottesville, are you there? >> yeah, i am there. i am an independent voter. i moved to this country five years ago. i was
i watched "charlie rose" at 1:00, 2:00 in the morning. the second major concern i had was when romney said -- i am going to say "governor romney," in that we should respect president obama and governor romney, their positions -- his statement that we will keep our military strong. we have an excess of military contractors. we have massive abuse of military machine that could use a thinning out, and a little bit more accountability. i think if we curtailed some of that and...
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i'm joined here in nats park by charlie f mr. oes, the voice of the nats. i know you're very excited because you sat here and watched the nats go from bad to good in a lot less time than anybody expected. >> when you think back to baseball's return in 2005 and the excitement that there was at rfk stadium that first year the team got off to a great start. the whole city was captivated by it and they were 19 games over .500 at the midway point with a 5 1/2 game lead over atlanta and faded in 2nd half and played 19 games under .500 wound up in last place and hadn't seen anything close to .500 until this year, until the end of last year when they finished a game under .500. >> reporter: but the beginning of this season folks are saying if they make .500 this season, it will be a really good year. now look. >> they made just about .500 last year and i think everybody thought if they around this team and you knew the personnel and you saw spring training in addition to gio gonzalez with the help of adam laroche who missed all of last year and was never effective
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. >> yes, charlie is right a very warm day. already starting on the warm side. i'm going to show you the temperatures in just a second but yes some of the kids might need the umbrella this morning. even cecil county and also harper county. port deposit along i-95 that part of the freeway is going to be on the wet side this morning. also northeast sliding off to the north and east and this will be out of here through the remainder of the morning. but still scattered showers popping up throughout the day. right now though here are the temperatures that are on the warm side. 70 in owings mills and sykesville at 68 and 70 arbutus right now. we have the patchy fog out there and the warm temperatures by this afternoon. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. well, as you mentioned we are dealing with patchy fog across the region and it's really going to be bad in frederick. so if you are traveling in that area be extra careful and slow down, turn on the low beams. we do have an update on a crash for
. >> yes, charlie is right a very warm day. already starting on the warm side. i'm going to show you the temperatures in just a second but yes some of the kids might need the umbrella this morning. even cecil county and also harper county. port deposit along i-95 that part of the freeway is going to be on the wet side this morning. also northeast sliding off to the north and east and this will be out of here through the remainder of the morning. but still scattered showers popping up...
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please welcome charlie cook. [applause] >> i was just, boy, if i could walk on water, it must be pretty thick ice. [laughter] anyway, thank you all for coming. there was just too much -- i was thinking, if i'm one of the most respected, boy, that's a low bar in this tournament. [laughter] anyway, thank you very much. and gregg and i have been friend for, i don't know, somewhere over 25 years, probably close to 30, and this relationship with united technologies has been great. boy, this room, i mean, we've got a -- you know, you guys are in prince william county, and they're in prince georges county. [laughter] kind of look at the span. but anyway, thank you all for coming out. and, um, this is just a quick reaction because i want to get, i want to get to glen and fred because they are just two of the very, very best pollsters on this. their firms are sort of both kind of the nordstroms on their respected sides of the aisle, you know, just very, very large and enormously high quality and incredibly well regarded a
please welcome charlie cook. [applause] >> i was just, boy, if i could walk on water, it must be pretty thick ice. [laughter] anyway, thank you all for coming. there was just too much -- i was thinking, if i'm one of the most respected, boy, that's a low bar in this tournament. [laughter] anyway, thank you very much. and gregg and i have been friend for, i don't know, somewhere over 25 years, probably close to 30, and this relationship with united technologies has been great. boy, this...
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charlie thanks very much. the mystery of the loose airline seats may be solved. that's coming next. >> pelley: american airlines said today it has figured out what caused seats to come loose three times on its 757s. the good news is it wasn't vandalism or sabotage. transportation correspondent mark strassmann has the latest on all this. mark? >> reporter: scott, those three incidents happened over the last week, seats tilted in midair. passengers were sitting in the seats. the flights had to turn back. american has been reconfiguring planes, moving around rows of seats to create extra leg room and charge higher prices for the comfort. the airline now blames the mishaps on human error. some rows were reanchored to the plane's floor incorrectly. today an american airlines spokesman said: american says mechanics are now evaluating all 47 of its 757s where the same clamp was used. they've evaluated 36 so far and, scott, discovered six had the clamps installed wrong. >> pelley: mystery solved, mark, thanks very much. australia's great barrier reef is a natural wonder
charlie thanks very much. the mystery of the loose airline seats may be solved. that's coming next. >> pelley: american airlines said today it has figured out what caused seats to come loose three times on its 757s. the good news is it wasn't vandalism or sabotage. transportation correspondent mark strassmann has the latest on all this. mark? >> reporter: scott, those three incidents happened over the last week, seats tilted in midair. passengers were sitting in the seats. the...
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i mean, even before that, when engine charlie wilson who eiseower ned to defense secretary, said what's good for gm is good for america, and v ve hs ridiculed because most people understood that what is good for the big corporation in terms of profits is not necessarily good for workers, even though at that time gm was uniozed and engine charlie's words more likely the fact then than they are right now. arsmeri hn f the last0 corporations do better and better and better and yet the median wage has gone absolutely nowhere, adjusted for inflation. most people are more incure in terms of their jobs and their benefits a drying coate profits should not necessarily come at the expense of workers but, in fact, that is exactly what has happened and the bain framework, the bain strategy is at the center of this strategy overall. >> harvest is a very interesting word that he used. it's kind of like lingo, not a rm"of tbox."nth i remember back in the '80s when farming wasn't too bad and a certain player harvested so many numbers or we're going to go in and harvest a business. the lingo was -- >> w
i mean, even before that, when engine charlie wilson who eiseower ned to defense secretary, said what's good for gm is good for america, and v ve hs ridiculed because most people understood that what is good for the big corporation in terms of profits is not necessarily good for workers, even though at that time gm was uniozed and engine charlie's words more likely the fact then than they are right now. arsmeri hn f the last0 corporations do better and better and better and yet the median wage...
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house race. >> what trace would that be, -- what race would that be, charlie? let's talk about that. >> i think it's sort of a solution in search of a problem. but i don't -- i think a lot -- i think a lot of the republican concerns are very, very sincere but the florida situation, florida republican party, i mean these kinds of things happen on both sides but i don't think it's -- i don't think there's a huge problem but at the same time, you know, in life most of us need i.d.'s to go about our daily lives and i think we ought to try to do something to get photo i.d.'s, official photo i.d.'s in the hands of voters to help them get to their lives up to and including voting. but anyway -- one last, i will throw a last question to the guys. >> thanks. looking back at the 2004 election and strategy president bush and his team implored, when you look at the cycle, we know it will be a close race. what i see on the ground game is the obama campaign thinking and really planning on the field a lot more than governor romney's campaign has. an example is when you look a
house race. >> what trace would that be, -- what race would that be, charlie? let's talk about that. >> i think it's sort of a solution in search of a problem. but i don't -- i think a lot -- i think a lot of the republican concerns are very, very sincere but the florida situation, florida republican party, i mean these kinds of things happen on both sides but i don't think it's -- i don't think there's a huge problem but at the same time, you know, in life most of us need i.d.'s to...
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>>guest: i am seeing it, charlie. i am seeing it. i am getting the e-mails. >> just show me. >>neil: as much as you annoy me, she annoys me more. think allen alan simpson, maybe younger, or simpler. hi. i'm henry winkler. and i'm here to tell homeowners that are 62 and older about a great way to live a better retirement. it's called a reverse mortgage. [ male announcer ] call right now to receive your free dvd and booklet with no obligation. it answers questions like how a reverse mortgage works, how much you qualify for, the ways to receive your money, and more. plus, when you call now, you'll get this magnifier with l.e.d. light absolutely free. when you call the experts at one reverse mortgage today, you'll learn the benefits of a government-insured reverse mortgage. it will eliminate your monthly mortgage payments and give you tax-free cash from the equity in your home. and here's the best part -- you still own your home. take control of your retirement today. ♪ ♪ >>neil: the candidates are tackeling debt last night. are they listening? >> we go all over the country,
>>guest: i am seeing it, charlie. i am seeing it. i am getting the e-mails. >> just show me. >>neil: as much as you annoy me, she annoys me more. think allen alan simpson, maybe younger, or simpler. hi. i'm henry winkler. and i'm here to tell homeowners that are 62 and older about a great way to live a better retirement. it's called a reverse mortgage. [ male announcer ] call right now to receive your free dvd and booklet with no obligation. it answers questions like how a...
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"good morning maryland," i'm charlie crowson. >> and i'm megan pringle, thank you for joining us. if you haven't looked outside yet, there's a little rainy as we got into work this morning. >> may want to have the umbrella handy. also lynette this morning you're monitoring the weather and still feels kind of sticky and muggy out there. >> yes, on the sticky side charlie and also some fog out there this morning but some patchy fog. visibility reduced once again. 7 miles in easton. and baltimore to the north end york only about four miles of reduced visibility there. and also you were talking about the showers, we have a shower now in frederick county around emmettsburg and we can go ahead and zoom in on that area and you can see where it is. this is sliding up to the north but this is the only thing we're seeing as of now. maybe just little bit of misting out there but all in all we are going to taper things down throughout the day in terms of the wet weather. in terms of temperatures right now we are warm once again. baltimore at 70 and aberdeen at 69-degrees this morning. and thi
"good morning maryland," i'm charlie crowson. >> and i'm megan pringle, thank you for joining us. if you haven't looked outside yet, there's a little rainy as we got into work this morning. >> may want to have the umbrella handy. also lynette this morning you're monitoring the weather and still feels kind of sticky and muggy out there. >> yes, on the sticky side charlie and also some fog out there this morning but some patchy fog. visibility reduced once again. 7...
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charlie? >> nancy, we've heard from mitt romney's campaign who said these numbers show that this is not what a real recovery looks like. they point out that he has created fewer jobs in september than in august and fewer jobs in august than in july. how do you think this plays out on the campaign trail since the main argument that mitt romney has against the president is that he can't fix the economy? >> reporter: well, the romney campaign and republicans in general, you can see they're trying to be very careful about these numbers. they don't want to look like they're cheerleading against positive economic news but they want to continue to press the point that they don't think that this recovery as you said, is happening fast enough. in that statement from governor romney this morning is likely to say something similar at a rally in virginia. he is in virginia as well this morning. he is going to say this is not what a real recovery looks like. if not for all the people who simply dropped out
charlie? >> nancy, we've heard from mitt romney's campaign who said these numbers show that this is not what a real recovery looks like. they point out that he has created fewer jobs in september than in august and fewer jobs in august than in july. how do you think this plays out on the campaign trail since the main argument that mitt romney has against the president is that he can't fix the economy? >> reporter: well, the romney campaign and republicans in general, you can see...
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this is a charlie cook again this year. we conducted a poll while congress was in session and the information here. as readers, you can be informed via utc. i want to say thank you to the entire team at utc for partnering with us on this event and the congressional connection poll. greg ward needs all the government and state affairs for utc. he is well known in washington and will respected and very well liked. please welcome mr. ward. [applause] >> thank you for the introduction. but a wonderful introduction. something must have happened last night. i think it is probably the nats coming in for a place. anyway, this will be a great session this morning. we have had a long affiliation with thcharlie. it is always a great event to participate in. a looks like we might have a presidential race here. i know everyone is looking forward to hearing from charlie. with that, i will handed back to victoria. thank you for being here. [applause] >> i've been all of the know charlie cook. he has been provided insight and analysis. he
this is a charlie cook again this year. we conducted a poll while congress was in session and the information here. as readers, you can be informed via utc. i want to say thank you to the entire team at utc for partnering with us on this event and the congressional connection poll. greg ward needs all the government and state affairs for utc. he is well known in washington and will respected and very well liked. please welcome mr. ward. [applause] >> thank you for the introduction. but a...
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so it's not about keeping my dentures in, it's about keeping the food particles out. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. -oh, that's just my buds. -bacon. -my taste buds. -[ taste buds ] donuts. how about we try this new kind of fiber one cereal? you think you're going to slip some fiber by us? okay. ♪ fiber one is gonna make you smile. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing new fiber one nutty clusters and almonds. try this... bayer? this isn't just a headache. trust me, this is new bayer migraine. [ male announcer ] it's the power of aspirin plus more in a triple action formula to relieve your tough migraines. new bayer migraine formula. in a triple action formula to relieve your tough migraines. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. the wheels of progress haven't been very active lately. but because of business people like you, things are beginning to get rolling. and regions is here to help. making it easier with the expertise and service to keep those wheels turning. from business loans to
so it's not about keeping my dentures in, it's about keeping the food particles out. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. -oh, that's just my buds. -bacon. -my taste buds. -[ taste buds ] donuts. how about we try this new kind of fiber one cereal? you think you're going to slip some fiber by us? okay. ♪ fiber one is gonna make you smile. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing new fiber one nutty clusters and almonds. try this... bayer? this isn't just a headache. trust me, this is new bayer...
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it was something that charlie crist was in favor of. republicans became more-when they saw the obama campaign use it more successfully. the majority of african- americans were a majority of early voters in the state in 2008. it was important in the black community. cut back on early voting. another thing that rick scott did is he prevented ex-felons after their release from voting. they have to wait seven years and petitioned the governor to get their voting rights back. that instantaneously prevented 200,000 people who would otherwise have their voting rights from being able to cast a ballot in this election. some of those people were mailed voter registration cards under governor charlie crist and arnelle told they cannot vote. it is a very confusing situation there. that is another change were ex- felons in florida are more likely to be african-american, then they are to be white. it is another discriminatory voting change. the last thing florida did is they attempted to purge the voter rolls, the so-called non- citizen voters. if yo
it was something that charlie crist was in favor of. republicans became more-when they saw the obama campaign use it more successfully. the majority of african- americans were a majority of early voters in the state in 2008. it was important in the black community. cut back on early voting. another thing that rick scott did is he prevented ex-felons after their release from voting. they have to wait seven years and petitioned the governor to get their voting rights back. that instantaneously...